The two payment options were neck-and-neck at the time of the last survey (Jan 2007), with 15 merchants accepting each.

Meanwhile, 52 of the top 200 accept the plain-vanilla PayPal option. So before we start celebrating Google Checkout’s ascendancy, it’s important to note that they only have half the market penetration of basic PayPal.

Another thing to take into account: Google Checkout currently charges no processing fees for transactions processed on their network. This offer is set to expire at the end of this year. Will merchants, large and small, stick around once the fees kick in? And will new merchants sign up without that benefit? It remains to be seen.

http://www.webbythoughts.com/ Mike

I’m always going to have trouble taking Google Checkout seriously until they decide to use it as a payment option for AdSense. If Google won’t even use Google Checkout, why would I?

http://www.friendlywebdirectory.com Matik

Nice point Mike.. It will be wonderful if google will do that.. But now, all we can do is waiting for better times:)

http://www.AceActionFigures.com Matt

It seems that the affiliate community hasn’t been a fan of Google Checkout because there has been reported problems with tracking of affiliate sales when they were processed through Google. Personally I love Google but, I am still a little worried about promoting a site that accepts Google Checkout